About
Born at the Right Time’s vision is to create a world where families of people with complex disabilities are valued and supported to thrive in a community where they belong.
What we’re passionate about
Born at the Right Time was established in 2015 by founder and director, Rachel Wright. Our work focuses on bridging the gap through a passion for collaboration, personalised care and community.
We are dedicated to effective communication founded on mutual respect, understanding and kindness. We want to bridge the gap between rhetoric and reality for families of people with complex needs through positive, creative and collaborative thinking.
How we work
Supporting families
Born at the Right Time wants to bring people together as we pursue bridging the gap between families and their community. We are particularly passionate about developing communities based on value not pity.
We dream of a world where every person is recognised for their inherent worth with a life full of purpose and love. We celebrate interdependence above independence and want the collective voices of primary carers at the heart of policy development and service provision.
Through Rachel’s blogs and her books ‘The Skies I’m Under’ and ‘Shattered’, families hear their own voices and experiences echoed in her words.
Our hugely successful ”The Skies We’re Under’ podcast brings together the voices of parents around the world.
Through Born at the Right Time parent workshops, parents and parent carers have the chance to cultivate a community a create mutual support.
Training practitioners
Our award-winning training for practitioners across SEND, health and social care focuses on enabling professionals to put ideology and theory into practice.
Through CPD-certified courses, Born at the Right Time bridges the gap between professionals and parents, reducing isolation, increasing engagement and improving the lived experience of both families and professionals. We have a range of courses specifically tailored to specialist practitioners from our two-hour e-learning course to our one-day advanced training in Personalised Care.
We are proud to collaborate with Simple Stuff Works bringing the family voice and collaborative working to 24-hour Postural Care training. A wide range of specialist training serves specialist occupational therapists and physiotherapists, as well as practitioners across SEND, health and social care with a variety of e-learning and blended courses on offer.
Our courses can be accessed by individuals, teams, departments and large organisations with reduced rates for large, bespoke bookings.
Email admin@bornattherighttime.com or use our contact form for enquiries.
Influencing policy makers
Born at the Right Time Is passionate about influencing policy makers and supporting providers in delivering services which meet the needs of families. Using the voice of lived experience and collaborative working, we drive research and pioneering initiatives to turn ideology into practice and a better reality for families.
This includes our DCMM initiative – a simple step professionals can make to help parent/carers feel connected and a valued part of shared decision making. In 2020 we collaborated with Simple Stuff Works and NHS England to produce the Posture Positive project which highlighted the failings and potential solutions for postural care in England during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Our founder & director, Rachel Wright, is a Personalised Care Institute ambassador, promoting the value, and values of, personalised care and the excellent free training from the Personalised Care Institute.
Who we have worked with
Born at the RIght time is proud to have worked with services across SEN, social care and the NHS in the UK as well as providers across the USA, Ireland, Australia, Canada, Lebanon and New Zealand.